1 A nd Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword.

فَأخبَرَ أخآبُ إيزابَلَ بِكُلِّ ما فَعَلَهُ إيلِيّا، وَكَيفَ قَتَلَ كُلَّ الأنبِياءِ بِالسَّيفِ.

2 T hen Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”

فَأرسَلَتْ إيزابَلُ رَسُولاً إلَى إيلِيّا يَقُولُ: «لَيتَ الآلِهَةَ تَفعَلُ بِي كُلَّ سُوءٍ إنْ لَمْ أقتُلْكَ قَبلَ ظُهرِ غَدٍ كَما قَتَلْتَ أنبِياءَ البَعلِ.»

3 A nd when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

فَلَّما سَمِعَ إيلِيّا هَذا خافَ، فَهَرَبَ لِيَنجُوَ بِحَياتِهِ إلَى بِئْرِ السَّبْعِ فِي يَهُوذا، وَتَرَكَ خادِمَهُ هُناكَ.

4 B ut he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”

ثُمَّ مَشَى يَوماً كامِلاً فِي البَرِّيَّةِ. وَعِندَما تَعِبَ جَلَسَ تَحتَ شَجَرَةٍ. وَهُناكَ تَمَنَّى المَوتَ لِنَفسِهِ. وَقالَ للهِ: «قَدْ كَفانِي ما حَصَلَ لِيَ يا اللهُ. فَأمِتْنِي، فَأنا لَسْتُ أفضَلَ مِنْ آبائِي.»

5 T hen as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat.”

فاضطَجَعَ إيلِيّا تَحتَ الشَّجَرَةِ وَنامَ. فَجاءَ مَلاكٌ إلَى إيلِيّا وَلَمَسَهُ، وَقالَ لَهُ: «انهَضْ وَكُلْ!»

6 T hen he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again.

فتَطَلَّعَ إيلِيّا فَرَأى عِندَ رَأْسِهِ كَعكَةً مَخبُوزَةً عَلَى الفَحمِ وَإبرِيقَ ماءٍ. فَأكَلَ وَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ عادَ فَنامَ.

7 A nd the angel of the Lord came back the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”

وَبَعدَ فَترَةٍ عادَ مَلاكُ اللهِ إلَيهِ وَقالَ لَهُ: «انهَضْ وَكُلْ! وَإلّا فَإنَّكَ لَنْ تَقوَى عَلَى قَطعِ الرِّحلَةِ الطَّوِيلَةِ أمامَكَ.»

8 S o he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God.

فَنَهَضَ إيلِيّا، وَأكَلَ وَشَرِبَ. وَاسْتَمَدَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الطَّعامِ قُوَّةً تَكفِيهِ لِلمَسِيرِ أربَعِينَ نَهاراً وَأربَعِينَ لَيلَةً. فَسارَ حَتَّى وَصَلَ إلَى جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ، جَبَلِ اللهِ.

9 A nd there he went into a cave, and spent the night in that place; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

وَهُناكَ دَخَلَ إيلِيّا مُغارَةً وَباتَ لَيلَتَهُ فِيها. ثُمَّ كَلَّمَ اللهُ إيلِيّا وَقالَ لَهُ: «ما الَّذِي تَفعَلُهُ هُنا يا إيلِيّا؟»

10 S o he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.” God’s Revelation to Elijah

فَأجابَ إيلِيّا: «غِرْتُ غَيرَةً كَبِيرَةً للهِ ، الإلَهِ القَدِيرِ. لأنَّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ كَسَرُوا عَهْدَكَ، وَهَدَمُوا مَذابِحَكَ، وَقَتَلُوا أنبِياءَكَ. وَأنا النَّبِيُّ الوَحِيدُ النّاجِي مِنْ بَيْنِ أنبِيائِكَ. وَهُمْ يَسْعَوْنَ إلَى قَتلِي أيضاً!»

11 T hen He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake;

فَقالَ اللهُ لإيلِيّا: «اخرُجْ وَقِفْ عَلَى الجَبَلِ أمامِي. وَسَأمُرُّ مِنْ جانِبِكَ.» فَخرَجَ وَوَقَفَ عَلَى الجَبَلِ. فَمَرَّ اللهُ مَعَ هُبُوبِ رِيحٍ قَوِيَّةٍ. فَشَقَّتِ الرِّيحُ الجَبَلَ، وَكَسَّرَتِ الصُّخُورَ أمامَ اللهِ. لَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الرِّيحِ. وَبَعدَ تِلْكَ الرِّيحِ، حَدَثَ زَلْزالٌ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الزَّلزالِ.

12 a nd after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ الزَّلزالِ ظَهَرَتْ نارٌ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي النّارِ. وَبَعدَ تِلْكَ النّارِ كانَ هُناكَ صَوتٌ هادِئٌ رَقِيقٌ.

13 S o it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

فَلَمّا سَمِعَ إيلِيّا الصَّوتَ، لَفَّ وَجهَهُ بِمِعطَفِهِ. ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ وَوَقَفَ فِي مَدْخَلِ المُغارَةِ. فَقالَ لَهُ الصَّوتُ: «ما الَّذِي تَفعَلُهُ هُنا؟»

14 A nd he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”

فَقالَ إيلِيّا: «غِرْتُ غَيرَةً كَبِيرَةً للهِ ، الإلَهِ القَدِيرِ. لأنَّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ كَسَرُوا عَهْدَكَ، وَهَدَمُوا مَذابِحَكَ، وَقَتَلُوا أنبِياءَكَ. وَأنا النَّبِيُّ الوَحِيدُ النّاجِي مِنْ بَيْنِ أنبِيائِكَ. وَهُمْ يَسْعَوْنَ إلَى قَتلِي أيضاً!»

15 T hen the Lord said to him: “Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria.

فَقالَ لَهُ اللهُ: «ارجِعْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ المُؤَدِّي إلَى البَرِّيَّةِ القَرِيبَةِ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ. ثُمَّ ادْخُلْ دِمَشْقَ، وَامْسَحْ حَزائِيلَ مَلِكاً عَلَى أرامَ.

16 A lso you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.

ثُمَّ امْسَحْ ياهُو بْنَ نِمْشِي مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ. وَامْسَحْ ألِيشَعَ بْنَ شافاطَ الَّذِي مِنْ آبَلَ مَحُولَةَ نَبِيّاً بَدَلاً مِنْكَ.

17 I t shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.

وَسَيَقتُلُ ياهُو كُلَّ مَنْ يَنجُو مِنْ سَيفِ حَزائِيلَ. وَسَيَقتُلُ ألِيشَعُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَنجُو مِنْ سَيفِ ياهُو.

18 Y et I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.” Elisha Follows Elijah

لَكِنِّي سَأُبقِي فِي إسْرائِيلَ سَبعَةَ آلافِ رَجُلٍ لَمْ يَنحَنُوا لِبَعلٍ وَلا قَبَّلُوهُ.» ألِيشَعُ يَصِيرُ نَبِيّا

19 S o he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.

فَغادَرَ إيلِيّا ذَلِكَ المَكانَ وَذَهَبَ يُفَتِّشُ عَنْ ألِيشَعَ بْنِ شافاطَ. فَوَجَدَهُ يَحرُثُ اثْنَي عَشَرَ فَدّاناً مِنَ الأرْضِ. فَتَقَدَّمَ إيلِيّا إلَى ألِيشَعَ وَوَضَعَ مِعطَفَهُ عَلَيهِ.

20 A nd he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”

فَتَرَكَ ألِيشَعُ البَقَرَ فَوراً وَرَكَضَ خَلفَ إيلِيّا. فَقالَ ألِيشَعُ: «اسْمَحْ لِي بأنْ أُوَدِّعَ وَالِدِيَّ بِقُبلَةٍ، وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ سَأتبَعُكَ.» فَأجابَهُ إَيلِيّا: «ارْجِعْ إنْ أرَدْتَ. هَلْ مَنَعْتُكَ مِنَ الرُّجُوعِ؟»

21 S o Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen’s equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.

فَرَجِعَ ألِيشَعُ وَذَبَحَ بَقَرَهُ. وَأحرَقَ نِيرَ البَقَرِ حَطَباً لِلنّارِ وَسَلَقَ اللَّحمَ. ثُمَّ وَزَّعَ مِنْهُ عَلَى أهلِ بَلْدَتِهِ، فَأكَلُوا. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ قامَ وَتَبِعَ إيلِيّا وَصارَ مُساعِداً لَهُ.